100 years after ratification
Four faculty members share their thoughts on the complicated history of the women’s suffrage movement, the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and their hopes for what we might do today to honor the anniversary.
Of prison cells and suffrage
Alumna Laura Adams McKie helped build a museum that teaches visitors about the suffrage movement and the prison where women were sent for picketing for the right to vote.
Engaging the unengaged
Enthusiastic about the roles and responsibilities of citizenship, young alumna Lindsay Gassman works to inspire our democracy’s youngest members and change historical trends in student voting.
Fighting voter suppression
Disturbed by voter suppression, Gena Gunn McClendon helped found the Voter Access and Engagement initiative at the university. In the time of COVID-19, fighting to make sure every voice is heard on election day is more important than ever.
What came next
Women earned the right to vote, but what kind of impact did they have? Political scientists and Arts & Sciences alumni Christina Wolbrecht and J. Kevin Corder analyze 100 years of election history
Following the data
With a desire to help improve her new community, cell biologist Kiani Gardner puts public service to the test.
University receives EPA Pollution Prevention Award
Washington University in St. Louis recently was selected to receive an Environmental Protection Agency 2020 Pollution Prevention Award.
Wrighton named inaugural holder of Wertsch professorship
Chancellor Emeritus Mark S. Wrighton has been named the James and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University Professor. The professorship recognizes his accomplishments as both a university leader and a scholar in the field of chemistry.
Four steps to a healthy WashU community
This fall, each and every member of the Washington University community who will be on campus will be required to follow four steps — four public health measures that must be completed by students, faculty and staff individually, but will have an impact globally.
Stepping up in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis incoming senior Katherine Wallace has a complicated relationship with St. Louis. Is there any other kind? Wallace is one of many members of the university community working this summer to make St. Louis a stronger, safer and more equitable city.
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